Favourites Coello, Tapia cruise into quarters as top seeds advance

Doha, Qatar: Both World No.1 and 2 pairs booked their places in the quarter finals of the Ooredoo Qatar Major Premier Padel 2025, continuing their fla...

Doha, Qatar: Both World No.1 and 2 pairs booked their places in the quarter-finals of the Ooredoo Qatar Major Premier Padel 2025, continuing their flawless runs at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex yesterday.

Title favorites Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia, the Spanish-Argentine duo, clinched a commanding victory on Center Court, overpowering Argentina’s Juan Cruz Belluati and Ignacio Sager in straight sets (6–2, 6–4).

Second seeds Federico Chingotto (ARG) and Alejandro Galan (ESP) also advanced in style, after surviving a tough first set to defeat Lucas Campagnolo (BRA) and Maximiliano Sanchez (ARG) 7–5, 6–3.

Spaniards Jorge Nieto and Miguel Yanguas, seeded third, delivered a commanding performance, sweeping past Spanish-Argentinean combination of Mario Del Castillo and Ignacio Albornoz 6–0, 6–0 to book their quarter-final berth in emphatic fashion.

Fourth seeds Javier Garrido (ESP) and Martín Di Nenno (ARG) were involved in a gripping three-set encounter. However, the Spanish-Argentine pair managed to edge out the 12th-seeded team of Francisco Guerrero and Jairo Bautista, both from Spain, 7–6(2), 1–6, 6–1 in a match that stretched to 1 hour and 46 minutes.